The Stop Being Negative Thread (merged)

#151
#151
kiddiedoc said:
I guess I'd run over to the local public elementary school and get a box of Participation Trophies to hand out and make everyone feel better.
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so are you saying they didn't give 100%, if so we must have been watching 2 different games. They were overmatched and up against an NFL caliber QB. But then again what do I know Im just an armchair QB like you
 
#152
#152
That's right! If you're a fair weather fan then we don’t want you. And don't you forget it.
 
#153
#153
TrueVolsGBOInsider said:
I’ve held my tongue since the ending of our game yesterday, but I can’t do that anymore after seeing what alot of people are saying this morning. Shame on all of you who are saying we are an FCs team and we have no talent and we suck. SHAME ON ALL OF YOU. We played the best passing attack in the nation and we started 3 freshman on defense. What did you all expect. IMO WVU has a legitimate shot at winning 10+ games this year, their passing attack and offensive line are extremly
Talented and they block well for Grier. Hell, will Grier makes NFL throws like it’s second nature to him. As far as the VOLS , I thought we lacked an identity in offense. I think T. Helton should of stuck with the I formation lead blocker runs, because it was workiin. But he didn’t and that made me scratch my head. My hope is that we use that a lot more go My forward because Tim Jordan is a game changer when he has a lead blocker in front of him. Offensive line was shaky but they got better as the game went on. I do think their much better than what they showed yesterday though. I think our wide receivers are gonna be ok this year, on 3rd downs they came up
Big for us and I think that’s a sign of good things to come. JG- I thought he played within the game plan, and he did it pretty well actually. He was extremly accurate and decisive, and he continues to show toughness after taking big hits. He took care of the football as well and that’s the biggest takeaway I got from his performance.

Defensive line- we’ve got to find players who can get to the qb, the guys were getting a push everytime almost but they had trouble getting off their blocks so that’s something they need to work on as well. Depth is another issue we need to iron out in the next two games before Florida game. My hope is that Harris, Emerson, and Gooden can make big strides the next few weeks cause we’re gonna need them to win in the sec. overall- Out defensive line just needs to find the nastiness inside of themselves and coach needs to find a way to get that to show on the field.

Linebackers- I thought our LB’s did some good things but they were a step late on several plays as well. As for Taylor and Kongbo, they have to get involved in the game or just let J. Allen and Peterson try their hand at it, because our OLb’s were pitiful yesterday. If Peterson can play then I think we see him early this year, Pruitt needs a spark in the pass rushing game, hopefully Peterson can be that guy. DK jr played pretty well but his rust did show at times but that is understandable. I feel good about DK, DB, and QS though going forward. My hope is that they can start to be leaders on the defense because we need an alpha dog to step up and lead our defense.

Secondary- honestly, this is probably a bad game to judge our DB’s on, at least out
Young guys. I wasn’t pleased with Buchanan in the least bit though, he needs to be better. As a whole, our secondary needs to work on tackling. We have to be able to tackle in space if we’re gonna be a decent team this year. Flowers, Taylor, and Thompson haven’t figured out how to get their head around on passes yet so that’s something they need to work on, I think they did a good job of staying in position on d but they need to learn how to use their hands to keep guys from creating separation against them. Overall- I think week in and week out these young cbs get better. Come Florida game we should see a massive difference in the secondary.


Overall- Stop throwing in the towel fans. This team deserves our support. To all of you who are mad and saying negative things -stfu, your not a player so you have no idea how bad these young men want to win, and your not the one putting in work day in and day out for 9 months straight so dont bash these young men. WVU is a good team and they honestly could win 10 or 11 games this year if Grier stays healthy. If marquis Osborne doesn’t have a stupid offsides penalty then this game could of possible been 33-21 or 33-17 depending on if we get a score after that missed field goal. If that game ends 33-21 then the narrative is complete different. And for all of you who say this team is no better than last year, you are a fool and you know nothing about football. This team is better in 100 different ways from last years team, it’s one game and we have 11 more to go. When adversity hits you see the true content of someone’s character, a large amount of you on here who talk bad about UT are weenies who Lack character. Grow up and realize rome wasn’t built in a day. The VOLS will be fine, and for all you fair weather fans. Don’t let the door hit you on your way out cause we don’t need you as fans.
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I'm all in GO VOLS!!!!!
 
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#154
One can fairly judge the state of a college football program by the number of "fair weather fan" forum posts. I bet there's a dissertation on that subject just waiting to be written.
 
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I am only old enough to remember following the team since 02. In case you dont know, that means Ive only seen 2 conference champ appearances, both losses.
Thats the nature of a ton of us fans. Even the ones who remember the 90s on means theyve still experienced half of their fanhood as being irrelevant.
 
#159
#159
Errbody disappointed, folks gotta vent, and some do that angrier than others. I know I have made angry posts after drinking, not that that's an acceptable excuse.

Let's just regroup and take 'em one game at a time.
 
#161
#161
A “true fan” post and “support these kids” post. How original. Here are my thoughts on both those topics.

If you are old enough to vote and serve our country, you no longer are a kid. When you willingly accept a scholarship to play American tackle football at a major university you accept the good and the bad. I would hope our players are not so mentally weak that fans are worried we will hurt their feelings by being big ole meanies on a fan messageboard. This isn’t pee-wee football where parents drive their young ones to the field with a cooler filled with Capri-Sun and orange slices.

These coaches are being paid millions of dollars and these kids are auditioning for the chance to be some of the highest paid human beings on the face of this planet. They are tough. They can handle fan commentary. If not, then they shouldn’t be playing this sport.

All that being said, I do not believe we should be giving up on this team after one game. That is about the only thing I agree with you on. But this idea that we have any fair weather fans left is asinine. The people on this board bleed orange. No self-respecting human would waste their time on a currently dead program like Tennessee if they were a fair weather fan. Greener pastures may well be on their way. Maybe in 3-weeks we beat Florida and things turn around. But after 11 years of atrociously played football I don’t think fans are required to make excuses for the team anymore. We have heard the same platitudes for a decade. Fans have every right to react as they wish and YES they are real fans if they are still here.
 
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IPleadInsanity said:
I expected us to be credible on both lines. No expectations on offense since the new coach is a defensive guru. No expectations about winning. We were whipped on both LOS's badly, no pressure, no pass protection. Did not look like we belonged on the same field with WV and I don't think WV is that good. Thats reality, maybe we improve maybe we get worse no one can predict.
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Yep. When you get whipped at the LOS, that usually tells the story. It's linemen being recruited hard and linemen we need on DL probably more than other areas of need. If the DL was strong, the young DBs would have time to improve and learn. But with no pressure, those young DBs got exposed to the max. They didn't get much support from the LBers either. I would have thought Bituli, Kirkland, and Sapp would have had a bunch of tackles. Not so.
 
#163
#163
SigSaurP228 said:
Fair weather fan would imply that the weather has been good sometime in recent memory.

$20,000,000 for this season alone. Let that sink in. People have a right to be ticked off.
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In all fairness. It's not Pruitt's fault. He was litteraly handed handed the Barnes and Bailey version of a sh*t show and was told to fix it.
 
#164
#164
TheMookieMonster said:
A “true fan” post and “support these kids” post. How original. Here are my thoughts on both those topics.

If you are old enough to vote and serve our country, you no longer are a kid. When you willingly accept a scholarship to play American tackle football at a major university you accept the good and the bad. I would hope our players are not so mentally weak that fans are worried we will hurt their feelings by being big ole meanies on a fan messageboard. This isn’t pee-wee football where parents drive their young ones to the field with a cooler filled with Capri-Sun and orange slices.

These coaches are being paid millions of dollars and these kids are auditioning for the chance to be some of the highest paid human beings on the face of this planet. They are tough. They can handle fan commentary. If not, then they shouldn’t be playing this sport.

All that being said, I do not believe we should be giving up on this team after one game. That is about the only thing I agree with you on. But this idea that we have any fair weather fans left is asinine. The people on this board bleed orange. No self-respecting human would waste their time on a currently dead program like Tennessee if they were a fair weather fan. Greener pastures may well be on their way. Maybe in 3-weeks we beat Florida and things turn around. But after 11 years of atrociously played football I don’t think fans are required to make excuses for the team anymore. We have heard the same platitudes for a decade. Fans have every right to react as they wish and YES they are real fans if they are still here.
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On another note.. I'm curious to see how many inactive accounts there on the server.
 
#166
#166
I’m sick and tired of fair weather fans, too. They accept mediocrity with jubilation. A loss is somehow a win if you look at it the right way. They say “just be patient” which means pepper your angus. Saban only won 6 his first year they say, but they forget he never lost by more than 1 score.

As they also say on Volquest “will be find” which translates to “We’ll be fine” and by fine they mean perpetual 5 to 7 win seasons.

I’m sick of those fans, too.
 
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Too many feel the need to tell others how to feel or support this team.

If you wanna scream, b****, cuss, praise, pump sunshine, be realistic, be a negavol, then by all means do so. We all handle disappoinment differently.

What I can't stand is someone telling someone else how wrong they are for doing it how they see fit. Go wag your fingers at your kids or employees, maybe even your spouse if they will let you.

Actually there are 2 things that I can't stand.

The second is trashing kids on a personal level. Talk about their play all you want, but don't make it personal.
 
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#168
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TrueVolsGBOInsider said:
I’ve held my tongue since the ending of our game yesterday, but I can’t do that anymore after seeing what alot of people are saying this morning. Shame on all of you who are saying we are an FCs team and we have no talent and we suck. SHAME ON ALL OF YOU. We played the best passing attack in the nation and we started 3 freshman on defense. What did you all expect. IMO WVU has a legitimate shot at winning 10+ games this year, their passing attack and offensive line are extremly
Talented and they block well for Grier. Hell, will Grier makes NFL throws like it’s second nature to him. As far as the VOLS , I thought we lacked an identity in offense. I think T. Helton should of stuck with the I formation lead blocker runs, because it was workiin. But he didn’t and that made me scratch my head. My hope is that we use that a lot more go My forward because Tim Jordan is a game changer when he has a lead blocker in front of him. Offensive line was shaky but they got better as the game went on. I do think their much better than what they showed yesterday though. I think our wide receivers are gonna be ok this year, on 3rd downs they came up
Big for us and I think that’s a sign of good things to come. JG- I thought he played within the game plan, and he did it pretty well actually. He was extremly accurate and decisive, and he continues to show toughness after taking big hits. He took care of the football as well and that’s the biggest takeaway I got from his performance.

Defensive line- we’ve got to find players who can get to the qb, the guys were getting a push everytime almost but they had trouble getting off their blocks so that’s something they need to work on as well. Depth is another issue we need to iron out in the next two games before Florida game. My hope is that Harris, Emerson, and Gooden can make big strides the next few weeks cause we’re gonna need them to win in the sec. overall- Out defensive line just needs to find the nastiness inside of themselves and coach needs to find a way to get that to show on the field.

Linebackers- I thought our LB’s did some good things but they were a step late on several plays as well. As for Taylor and Kongbo, they have to get involved in the game or just let J. Allen and Peterson try their hand at it, because our OLb’s were pitiful yesterday. If Peterson can play then I think we see him early this year, Pruitt needs a spark in the pass rushing game, hopefully Peterson can be that guy. DK jr played pretty well but his rust did show at times but that is understandable. I feel good about DK, DB, and QS though going forward. My hope is that they can start to be leaders on the defense because we need an alpha dog to step up and lead our defense.

Secondary- honestly, this is probably a bad game to judge our DB’s on, at least out
Young guys. I wasn’t pleased with Buchanan in the least bit though, he needs to be better. As a whole, our secondary needs to work on tackling. We have to be able to tackle in space if we’re gonna be a decent team this year. Flowers, Taylor, and Thompson haven’t figured out how to get their head around on passes yet so that’s something they need to work on, I think they did a good job of staying in position on d but they need to learn how to use their hands to keep guys from creating separation against them. Overall- I think week in and week out these young cbs get better. Come Florida game we should see a massive difference in the secondary.


Overall- Stop throwing in the towel fans. This team deserves our support. To all of you who are mad and saying negative things -stfu, your not a player so you have no idea how bad these young men want to win, and your not the one putting in work day in and day out for 9 months straight so dont bash these young men. WVU is a good team and they honestly could win 10 or 11 games this year if Grier stays healthy. If marquis Osborne doesn’t have a stupid offsides penalty then this game could of possible been 33-21 or 33-17 depending on if we get a score after that missed field goal. If that game ends 33-21 then the narrative is complete different. And for all of you who say this team is no better than last year, you are a fool and you know nothing about football. This team is better in 100 different ways from last years team, it’s one game and we have 11 more to go. When adversity hits you see the true content of someone’s character, a large amount of you on here who talk bad about UT are weenies who Lack character. Grow up and realize rome wasn’t built in a day. The VOLS will be fine, and for all you fair weather fans. Don’t let the door hit you on your way out cause we don’t need you as fans.
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I agree either pull for the Vols and be positive or find another team
 
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#169
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TrueVolsGBOInsider said:
I’ve held my tongue since the ending of our game yesterday, but I can’t do that anymore after seeing what alot of people are saying this morning. Shame on all of you who are saying we are an FCs team and we have no talent and we suck. SHAME ON ALL OF YOU. We played the best passing attack in the nation and we started 3 freshman on defense. What did you all expect. IMO WVU has a legitimate shot at winning 10+ games this year, their passing attack and offensive line are extremly
Talented and they block well for Grier. Hell, will Grier makes NFL throws like it’s second nature to him. As far as the VOLS , I thought we lacked an identity in offense. I think T. Helton should of stuck with the I formation lead blocker runs, because it was workiin. But he didn’t and that made me scratch my head. My hope is that we use that a lot more go My forward because Tim Jordan is a game changer when he has a lead blocker in front of him. Offensive line was shaky but they got better as the game went on. I do think their much better than what they showed yesterday though. I think our wide receivers are gonna be ok this year, on 3rd downs they came up
Big for us and I think that’s a sign of good things to come. JG- I thought he played within the game plan, and he did it pretty well actually. He was extremly accurate and decisive, and he continues to show toughness after taking big hits. He took care of the football as well and that’s the biggest takeaway I got from his performance.

Defensive line- we’ve got to find players who can get to the qb, the guys were getting a push everytime almost but they had trouble getting off their blocks so that’s something they need to work on as well. Depth is another issue we need to iron out in the next two games before Florida game. My hope is that Harris, Emerson, and Gooden can make big strides the next few weeks cause we’re gonna need them to win in the sec. overall- Out defensive line just needs to find the nastiness inside of themselves and coach needs to find a way to get that to show on the field.

Linebackers- I thought our LB’s did some good things but they were a step late on several plays as well. As for Taylor and Kongbo, they have to get involved in the game or just let J. Allen and Peterson try their hand at it, because our OLb’s were pitiful yesterday. If Peterson can play then I think we see him early this year, Pruitt needs a spark in the pass rushing game, hopefully Peterson can be that guy. DK jr played pretty well but his rust did show at times but that is understandable. I feel good about DK, DB, and QS though going forward. My hope is that they can start to be leaders on the defense because we need an alpha dog to step up and lead our defense.

Secondary- honestly, this is probably a bad game to judge our DB’s on, at least out
Young guys. I wasn’t pleased with Buchanan in the least bit though, he needs to be better. As a whole, our secondary needs to work on tackling. We have to be able to tackle in space if we’re gonna be a decent team this year. Flowers, Taylor, and Thompson haven’t figured out how to get their head around on passes yet so that’s something they need to work on, I think they did a good job of staying in position on d but they need to learn how to use their hands to keep guys from creating separation against them. Overall- I think week in and week out these young cbs get better. Come Florida game we should see a massive difference in the secondary.


Overall- Stop throwing in the towel fans. This team deserves our support. To all of you who are mad and saying negative things -stfu, your not a player so you have no idea how bad these young men want to win, and your not the one putting in work day in and day out for 9 months straight so dont bash these young men. WVU is a good team and they honestly could win 10 or 11 games this year if Grier stays healthy. If marquis Osborne doesn’t have a stupid offsides penalty then this game could of possible been 33-21 or 33-17 depending on if we get a score after that missed field goal. If that game ends 33-21 then the narrative is complete different. And for all of you who say this team is no better than last year, you are a fool and you know nothing about football. This team is better in 100 different ways from last years team, it’s one game and we have 11 more to go. When adversity hits you see the true content of someone’s character, a large amount of you on here who talk bad about UT are weenies who Lack character. Grow up and realize rome wasn’t built in a day. The VOLS will be fine, and for all you fair weather fans. Don’t let the door hit you on your way out cause we don’t need you as fans.
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Agree with first third except for JG. He just is not a top tier SEC QB. You have to be a leader, he isn't. Didn't read the rest.

Also, fix your title. With the new edit feature there is no excuse for you're title to be incorrect.
 
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#170
#170
I, for one, am sick of all the fair weather fans. This season will hopefully trim some of our fan-base's fat. Only the true fans are going to watch every game and cheer no matter what happens. Grow up!! Perfect title to this thread.
 
#172
#172
Grad#5 said:
Give our team a chance! The season just started. We have along way to go and a great coach to get us there! Rome wasn't built in a day! We as TN fans have lived through season after season of crapy coaching don't you guys think it will take a little bit to turn it all around. Give coach Pruitt a chance and the team sometime, or as usual the big mouth, instant gratification, football wanna-bes will run off a guy who truly wants to get TN back to our football tradition! Watch and see!
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You used your first post to lecture the board? What a treat you are.
 
#173
#173
ButchPlz said:
I didn't even read this post and the title alone makes it one of the worst I've ever read.

We've had 10+ years of trash and we got trash that smelled as bad, or worse, yesterday afternoon.

I'm not fair weather, I'm sick of my alma mater sucking and nothing I saw yesterday shows any indication we'll be any better in the foreseeable future.
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So all you’ve personally suffered and you wanted it fixed in one game? 😏
 
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